Although Dan’s come-from-behind victory has halted Romania’s slide into autocracy for now, it does not resolve the deeper ...

Two letter writers call out the Trump administration for it's attempts to silence critics and muzzle the free press in ...

Readers respond to a guest essay that warned of authoritarianism in America. Also: Shame on the lawyers; euphoria over Pope ...

Signaling matters—but only when it is backed by something stronger than the signal itself.

The governing caste”, wrote Marx in 1855, “in England is by no means the same as the ruling class”. The relations between governing caste and ruling class, and between the state and other classes, ...

Leaders with unchecked power can reward or punish companies at their whim, creating an uneven playing field and leading to ...

Autocratic regimes, despite ideological differences, allied together to resist democratic values. For example, countries like China, Iran and Russia have common goals. Russia is a nationalist ...

While autocracies are cooperating, liberal democracies are faltering under the weight of their internal divisions. A problem ...

Last week’s developments unfortunately follow a well-established pattern. For over a year, the UW administration has dealt ...

Two centuries ago, the Royal Navy utterly dominated the world's oceans. The UK was buoyed by the global empire that its ships were tasked with expanding and defending.